I think that perhaps I must be a Martian b/c the text above/ accompanying several of the current posts reads a bit like Lewis Carroll…..however on to the CRUCIAL part of the analysis:

There now will be an adjustment to your existentialism/ philosophy handbooks.
We will now have an additional chapter. Following the chapters on Kafka, Ernie Kovacs, Proust and Salvadore Dali will be a chapter all about Niko and the
tomato. [“tomahto?”]. Thank you for your cooperation.

Years ago, I had a ferret named Tuco. I was at the clinic one day, waiting for Tuco’s appointment, when a couple came in with their dog, who was also named Tuco. I was surprised, because I never expected anyone else to choose the same name. (I think they even spelt it the same way that I did.)

Regarding these pictures, it almost looks like Mika’s toy is bigger than her. Good for her, showing it who is in charge!

It’s possibly Mexican. It is the name of “the ugly” character in “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”. The original name was either Psycho or Blondie (there were two ferrets, but someone else took the other one), and I didn’t care for either name. Blondie reminded me of Clint Eastwood’s character in the movie, so I looked it up and decided I liked the name Tuco. I think the other people also got their name from the movie, but I can’t remember.

Dunno about Mexico, but in Puerto Rico a “tuco” is a nub, like the small protuberance that passes for a tail at the tock-end of Pembroke Corgis like the beautiful, delicious, scrumptious morsel of a pupster that is Mika!